Division of Early Childhood Care & Development

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Investing in Mississippi’s future by supporting the care and development of young children in the state.

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Become a Child Care Payment Program Provider

The Division of Early Childhood Care & Development administers programs that support child care across the state for the benefit of everyone involved: parents, employers, providers, and especially the children themselves.

UPDATE: Redetermination Reinstated

DECCD is reinstating the redetermination process for all families with a current childcare certificate/certificates, not just those in the six priority populations. We are at a service number that can be sustained with CCDF regular funding. MDHS DECCD will continue to contact families on the waiting list to apply as additional slots become available. Current parents with a certificate who desire to add an extra child, can recertify their existing certificate; however, the new child will be added to the waitlist.

Families on the CCPP waitlist began receiving email notifications with a personalized application link and a unique code to access the application portal.

Parents who are not part of one of the six exception categories who attempt to submit a CCPP application will be given the option to enter their email address to receive notification when they are able to apply. Parents who are not currently on the waitlist are encouraged to enter their email address on the application to be added to the waitlist.

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All of Mississippi’s workforce benefits from having quality child care options.

Through the Child Care Payment Program, the Division of Early Childhood Care & Development (DECCD) helps parents and guardians find reliable, quality child care, and helps child care providers thrive as businesses.

FOR PARENTS

Parents who qualify for CCPP will be responsible for paying their child care provider a monthly
co-payment fee which will be based on family size and income.

Parent Information

For Providers

Participating CCPP child care providers are eligible to receive CCPP certificates from Mississippi parents and guardians for Child Care Services.

Provider Information

Become a CCPP Provider

Child Care Provider Licensing

Initiatives

Child Care Resource and Referral Centers (R&Rs)

R&Rs help parents find childcare by referring them to local childcare providers around the state. R&Rs also help child care providers by providing training and resources to the providers at no cost.

The services provided from R&Rs are:

Helping families and caregivers in identifying high quality services.
Providing developmental screenings to children ages 0-5.
Lending libraries that allow families and providers to access age-appropriate learning materials families.
Offering assistance and professional development to child care providers.